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B. F. GOQDRICH TABLE Filed Aug. 2, 1927 FIG, 2.

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a 2 //V/EN7Z7R Bum 5 x? 6000mm Patented July 9, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

BLAINE ."E. GOODRICI-I, OF MUNCIE, INDIANA.

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Application filed August 2, 1927. Serial No. 210,057.

This im'ention relates to improvements in wall tables.

Objects of the invention are to provide a device of this kind which is simple in construction, easy to install and to use, and which occupies relatively small space when collapsed. Some of the more specific purposes of the invention are to provide a wall table which is rugged and serviceable for general uses; practicable to handle in merchandising, andwhich is economical of manufacture, and not liable to become impaired or to get out of Order.

-The objects of my. invention are accom plished, and the advantages for which it is intended, are attained, by the new construction, combination and arrangement of parts described in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The invention is defined in the appended claims.

The several parts of the invention are identified by suitable characters applied to them I in the different views in the drawings,--in which:

Figure l is a front view of my improved wall table as it appears in readiness for use.

Figure 2 is plan view of the invention as shown in Figure 1, a. portion of the table top being broken away.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 and as seen in the direction of the arrow in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a transverse enlarged sectional 35 view taken on the line 44 and as seen in the direction of the arrow in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an end view of the invention showing the positions of the several parts in the folded or collapsed status. Figure 6 is a top plan view of Figure 5;

and

Figure 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 in Figure 3.

My invention contemplates the providing of a back plate or board of suitable length and thickness and of neat appearance, adapted to be secured to a wall or to any other kind of support or object, a table top, hinge connec- X tions between the table top and the back plate, the axes of such hinge connections being at a predetermined distance from the face of the back plate, a support bracket hinged on the underside of the table top at an angle to and at a dlstance fromthe axes of said hinge connections not less than the thickness of the support'bracket, and an abutment element on the face of the back plate to be engaged by the vertical leg of said support bracket when the table top is in the extended position.

The table top, back plate, and bracket may be made of pressed metal or of wood, preferably the latter, and the dimensions and general formation of these parts may be varied in accordance witlrsuoh special uses for which the table may be intended. In the present embodiment, the invention is shown in the torm and size which is suitable for general use in the household, work shop or office, the wooden back plate A being about thirty fourinches in length. A practicable form of hinge connection between the back plate and table top, may consist of wooden studs or blocks B and B disposed at spaced positions on the frontal face of said back plate and which may be secured by any suitable means, such as the 7 bolts C. A hole D through each of the studs and the back plate, constitute suitable openings through which lag screws 1 are passed and screwed to the wall or other object or support 2. Formed integral with the top edge of the back late is a continuous longitudinal tongue A aving beveled upper edge A The faces A of the edge of the back plateand at the' bottom of said tongue, are inclined downwardly, as shown in Figure 4. It is obvlousthat when the table top is at the extended position, the tongue and groove will have made close inter-engagement, thus rendering impossible any strains at the hinges when the table top will be under load. The table top E which may be made of poplar, fir, birch, or any kind of stout wood, and which is about thirty six inches in length, is provided with a, longitudinal groove E near its rear edge, and which said groove registers with and snugly engages the tongue A of the back plate, when the table top is moved to the extended position. Hinges F and F which connect the table top to the studs B and B are so positioned on the underside of the table top, that when the table top is in. the teamed position, the margin of the Figure l ed edge G to provide clearance .fortlie table top in its swinging on the hingesF Tlhelower portion-of this bar, G ha-s frontal.concave ,face G". Connectedby hinges I-Land ;H to

nient consists of a vertically disposedbar (Er-of the suitable thickness shown in Figure 3 and The frontal top portionhasroundtothe underside of theitabletop, is..a stout support bracket having the support leg J, and

the forward portion ofthe bracket beingprovided with hand-hold K. Thelower portion ofthe rear faceof the bracket leg J,has a slightly convex face J ,to correspond with the slightly concave, face G oftheabutment, bar,

. as shown in Figure 7.; .Theexteri orfinish,ap-

plied to the surfaces ,of, the, seve al p a1'ts,,and

. the o'rnamentations of same, istvariable ac cording. to the usesjintended forthetable.

My improved collapsible tableis secured to the wall or other solid-support, by inserting and securing the lag screws 1 thereby holding and securing the back plate rigidlyv atthe desired location and height. The several parts of the invention are, so constructed, combinedand arranged, that in the folded or collapsed status, as shown in F iguresj5and 6, the device complete, occupied relatively; a

very small space, the bracket occupyingthe space between the back boarduand thetable top. The manipulation of the device for making use of same is extremely simple. In the swinging. of the table top fromrthe vertical position, asshown in Figure? 5; to the extended or horizontal position, as shown in Figure 3; the bracket, simply, by force of gravity ;is .swung downwardly, the edge of its leg lying againstv the edge ofthe abutment bar, .andgradually coming to alignment therewith. When the, table top will have. been .brouglihpp toqhorizontal position, the operative a I slight ,pressu re toward the left, on the hand ,holdK, causes the bracket leg to complete engagementwith the abutment bar, and in which such engagementtheconcave face. G? of said ball ,holds the convex-face J of the bracket. Ply this arrangement, this: tableconstruction is rendered rugged and dependable, under all strains to which the table is subjected. By

this invention; the table top extends completely to the edge of the wall. By 'havingLthe tongue and .groove connectionbetween the table topand the back plate, it is obvious that the table is not only greatly strengthened but there is such closure over the back plate that articles from the table top may not get upon or behind the back plate. The faces A inclined downwardly from each side of the base portionuof. the tongue A1, of .the back plate overcomegany tendency of dirt or foreign particles to accumulate at or near said tongue, and the coengagen'ient between the edge ofthe-table top and the back plate at the tongue and groove connection is of such ell'ect that any looseness or yielding at the hinges is prevented plose fitting engagement is assured on account of the proper dimensioning .of the tongueland groove in cross section, and by providing the bevel A on the tongue, there is-free clearance when the table topis .swung onrits hinges. i

:1 :,I,ani,a\ va re that minor changes and modificationsniaybe made in the structural and detailv features ofthis invention, within the ,scope .of sameas defined by the appended claims, without departing fromthe spiritof the invention, or sacrificing any of its advan tagesa 1 What Iclain as my invention, and; desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.;.-, 1, ,Acollapsibletable of the kind described, comprising a back plate, a table top having itsrcar marginal portion to engagetl'io top .edge'v of the back plate when the said table top is in the extendedposition, hinge connectionsbetwecn'tlie back plate and the table v,.top.whose axes are at spaced distance from the face of the back plate, a bracket hinged .on'theunderside of the table top at an angle ,andatia distance from the plane of the-face of theback plate, and an upright abutment bar secured to the back plate, and having a recessed faceto engage the leg of the bracket and to limit.thcldistance through which it is .swung as the table top is moved to its ex- .,tended position. i V

2. A collapsible table of the kind described,

, comprising aback plate having a continuous longitudinal tongue onits upper edge, stud blocks on the face of the backjplate near its ends, a tabletop having acontinuous} longiytudin al groove on the underside of'its rear edge adaptedto engage the tongue of the ,,back plate, hinge connections between the table top and the said stud blocks so adapted that when the tabletop is fin extended position,.the said tongue and groove are engaged, an abutment element on the back plate, and abracket hingedly secured to the underside of the table top, adapted to swing to position engaged .With the abutment element when the table top is moved to the extended position. r i

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a backplate having stud blocks on its frontal face and whose top edges are flush with the top edge of the back plate, hinge connections between said stud blocks and the underside of the table top and whose lUU axes are coincident with the tops of said stud ment bar secured on the face of the back plate blocks, a bracket hinged on the underside of adapted to become engaged by the vertical the table top at a right angle to its longileg of the bracket When the table top is 0 tudinal edge its Vertical leg being at a dismoved to the position extended at a right #5 tance from the axis of the table top hinge angle to the said back plate.

connections, not less than the measure of the thickness of the said bracket, and an abut- BLAINE F. GOODRICH. 

